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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 3
Comparison of the Faunal Remains from French and British Refuse Pits at Fort Michilimackinac: A Study in Changing Subsistence Patterns
by Charles E. Cleland
Appendix B: Amount of Meat Provided by Species From
French Period Refuse Pits of Fort Michilimackinac
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| Species |
No. Ind. |
Live
Wt./Ind. |
% Usable
Meat |
Unsable
Meat/Ind. |
Total
Meat |
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| Snowshoe Hare |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
| Beaver |
7 |
45.0 |
70 |
31.5 |
220.5 |
| Muskrat |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
| Black Bear |
2 |
300.0 |
70 |
210.0 |
420.0 |
| Marten |
1 |
3.0 |
70 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
| Moose |
2 |
800.0 |
50 |
400.0 |
800.0 |
| Pig |
5 |
245.0 |
70 |
171.5 |
857.5 |
| Dog |
1 |
30.0 |
50 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
| Total Mammal |
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2,319.3 |
| Pied-Billed Grebe |
1 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
| Great Blue Heron |
2 |
6.0 |
80 |
4.8 |
9.6 |
| Canada Goose |
1 |
8.0 |
80 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
| Mallard Duck |
3 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
| Green-Wing Teal |
2 |
0.9 |
80 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
| Blue-Wing Teal |
1 |
0.9 |
80 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
| Wood Duck |
2 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
| Redhead Duck |
4 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
| Ring-Neck Duck |
2 |
1.8 |
80 |
1.6 |
3.0 |
| Lesser Scaup |
1 |
1.9 |
80 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
| Bufflehead |
1 |
1.0 |
80 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| Hooded Merganser |
1 |
1.5 |
80 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
| Common Merganser |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| Red-Breasted Merganser |
2 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
| Goshawk |
2 |
2.0 |
70 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
| Cooper's Hawk |
1 |
2.5 |
70 |
1.75 |
1.75 |
| Ruffed Grouse |
2 |
1.3 |
80 |
1.1 |
2.2 |
| Black-Bellied Plover |
1 |
0.3 |
80 |
0.24 |
0.24 |
| Herring Gull |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| Ring-Billed Gull |
1 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
| Passenger Pigeon |
21 |
1.0 |
80 |
0.8 |
16.9 |
| Raven |
1 |
3.0 |
80 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
| Chicken |
1 |
2.8 |
80 |
2.24 |
2.24 |
| Total Bird |
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81.68 |
| Sturgeon |
4 |
45 |
80 |
36 |
144.0 |
| Lake Trout |
6 |
18 |
80 |
14.4 |
86.4 |
| Whitefish |
3 |
13 |
80 |
10.4 |
31.2 |
| Channel Catfish |
1 |
4 |
80 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
| Burbot |
1 |
2.5 |
80 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
| Total Fish |
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266.80 |
| Grand Total |
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2,667.78 |
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